MAMMALS OF MARYLAND 



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Star-nosed moles are amphibious, and spend a good deal of time in 

 water. They are excellent swimmers and divers, and a large portion 

 of their food consists of aquatic insects and worms, only about one 

 fourth of the diet being composed of terrestrial forms. 



Specimens examined. — Charles County: Marshall Hall, 1. Garrett 

 County: Cranesville Swamp, 1. Howard County: Ellicott City, 1. 

 Montgomery Comity: Brookeville, 1; Burnt Mills, 1; Cabin John, 1; 

 Chevy Chase, 1 ; Chevy Chase Lake, 1 ; Oakdale, 1 ; Plummers Island, 

 1; Potomac P.O., 1; Sandy Spring, 1; Silver Spring, 1; Woodside, 

 2. Prince Georges County: Beltsville, 1; College Park, 2; Glenndale, 

 1 ; Lanham, 1 ; Laurel, 2 ; Patuxent Eiver Marsh, 1 ; no exact locality, 

 1. District of Colurribia: 10. 



Other records and reports. — Prince Georges Cownty : Branchville 

 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service files). Washington County: Wil- 

 liamsport (Jackson, 1915, p. 91) . 



Remarks. — Maryland specimens average somewhat smaller in size, 

 both externally and cranially than typical C. c. cristata^ and are tend- 

 ing in this character toward the smaller southern subspecies C. c. 

 parva. 



Order CHIROPTERA (bats) 

 Family VESPERTILIONIDAE (vespertilionid bats) 

 LITTLE BROWN MYOTIS 

 Myotis lucifugus lucifugus (Le Conte) 



Y[espeTtilio] . lucifugus Le Conte, in McMurtrie, The animal kingdom 

 ... by the Baron Cuvier, vol. 1, App., p. 431, 1831. 



T^pe locality. — Georgia; probably the Le Conte plantation near Riceboro, 

 Liberty County. 



General distribution. — Eastern and northern North American from Alaska 

 and Labrador south in the Appalachians to Georgia, and west into Arkansas. 



Distribution in Maryland. — Abundant in all sections of the State. 



Distinguishing characteristics. — Teeth 2/3, 1/1, 3/3, 3/3, = 38; face 

 covered with fur except for lips and nostrils; ears moderately long, 

 not extending beyond nostrils when laid forward; tragus slender and 

 pointed; wing membrane between humerus and knee sparsely furred; 

 interfemoral membrane not furred; coloration rich brown, almost 

 bronze; y^ung animals much darker in coloration; sagittal crest 

 usually lacking on sk'oll. 



Measurements. — Eight adults from the District of Columbia have 

 external measurements as follows: Total length 85.6 (80-95); tail 

 vertebrae 38.5 (36-42) ; hind foot 8.9 (8.0-10.5). Some cranial meas- 

 urements of seven adults from Washington, D.C., are as follows: 



